From: "Frank Haber" 

Best wishes for a good outcome!

I had a six-month recovery from more than a month in critical care, about
six years ago.  The symptoms when I started were very much like a stroke -
weakness, loss of dexterity.  What helped me a lot was a spirit of play,
and a complete abandonment of any false dignity and pride.

When I literally had to teach myself to brush my teeth again, I could have
gotten mad as hell.  Instead (and I was lucky this way), I just marvelled
and laughed at myself, and at the process of "going through childhood
at hyperspeed."  Praise be, it took only an hour to learn the
toothbrush, over two mornings.  It took three mornings to re-learn how to
shave.  Typing took a bit longer; I dragged out an old laptop with a heavy
touch and VT-100-ish keytops to practice on.

It helped to have someone else around the house to join in the goofiness,
and not mind my muscular "second childhood."  The Latins I know
had a better reaction than the Anglos - "Oh, you were born again!  How
lucky you are."

Well, not exactly lucky - but I could see what they meant.

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